Sofa or davenport bed.



W. A. PEASEL. VS OFA OR DAVENPORT BED. PPL IOATION FILED nmao, 191s.

Patented Apr. 1, 1913.

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WILLIAM A. PEAsE, or oo L UMBUs, OHIO, assrenon' 'r'o THE E. M. HULSE COMPANY,

or COLUMBUS, 011:0; A conrona rron or OHIO.

SOFA. OR DAVENPORT BED.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, IVILLIAM PEAsE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Columbus, in the county of Franklin and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Sofa or Davenport Beds, of whichthe following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide improved means for confining and protect-,

ing the folded portion of a mattress in folding beds and improved means in con unction therewith for latching a folding section of the spring frame.

The invention is embodied in the construction herein shown and described, the features of novelty being pointedout in the claims appended hereto.

In the. accompanying drawings-Figure 1 is a view in elevation of the end of the bed with the end member or standard removed so as to expose the mechanism. In this View the bed is shown as opened. Fig. 2 is a detail showing the outermost or supplemental section of the folding bed frame folded and latched. Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail in section on the line w-cc Fig. 2 showing the catch caught in the closedposition of the said supplemental section; 4 is a like view illustrating how the catch is released for opening the said supplemental bed sec t1on. As usual in such structures 11 designates the end members or main supporting standards, of which there are two, between which is suitably secured and supported the base box or stationary frame 10. To the front upper corner of the base box or frame 10 is hinged at 12 the seat frame 12.

The characters 13, 14 and 15 designate re- 'spectively the regular inner, outer and middle sections of the folding bed frame which are operated by suitable devices connected with the seat frame substantially as inthe United States patent of Sharp and Pease, No. 1,009,444 and require no description here because they do not constitute an.

essential part of the present invention.

A feature of the construction shown consists of a lever 21 pivoted at 22 on the end of the base or frame 10, said lever having at.

the extremity of its upper arm a lateral inwardly extendin bearing23 and said lever having connects with its lower end a strong coiled spring 24 that is connected atits rear Specification of Letters. Patent.

Application filed January 30, 1913. Serial N 0. 745,080. a

. Patented Apr-{1,1913

end to an eye 25 secured in the rear wall of the base box or frame. When the seat frame is closedthe edge ofthe end of that frame depresses the upper arm of the lever 21 and stretches the spring 24. Vhen fully closed the spring exerts not much lifting force on the seat frame because the fulcrum of the lever and the two points of connection are nearly in a straight line. the seat is raised the-lifting or actuating force becomes greater until the lever assumes an erect position as shown in Fig. 1

where the lever is caught by a stop 26. The

But as.

edge of the seat frame can be provided with upper edge of the base box is provided with a notch 12* into which the bearing 23, ex-

tends when depressed. Because little force is exerted'by. the spring when the bed is closed no lock is required to hold the seat down.

28 designates the leg. This leg lever is in the form of a lever pivoted at. 29 to the end of the seat frame. This leg lever has hinged to its upper end a link bar 30 that reaches rearward (as viewed in Fig. 1) to a metallic post on the base box to which it is also hinged. When the bed is opened the leg stands and is held in erect position or substantially at right angles to the-seat frame to support that member on the floor, but when the seat frame is closed the leg is by the act-ion of the link bar thrown or pushed to a position substantiallpmarallel with the end of the seat frame. In this position the leg is hidden from view of the user of the daven port or sofa when the bed is'closed.

The construction thus far described substantially as shown in an application filed by me Januaryf), 1913, S. No. 740,900.

In the present case there is added to the bed frame section 14 a section 31 which is foldnecting the short piece 35 with an ear 36 on the section-32 is a lint 87 which operates, when the-section 31 is folded toward the section 14 as seen in Fig. 2, to cause the leg 33 to fold alongside the Bar of the frame section 31. When the leg is thus operated the catch piece 35 is turned tostand at an angle to said frame sectionalso as seen in Fig. 2.

Secured by angle brackets 38 on the bar of section 15 is a metal plate 39 having a lug 40 that is engaged by the hook 35 when the section 31 is closed on the section 14.

Pivoted on an ear 4:1 stamped out of the plate 39 is a guiding member 42 adapted, when the hook orcatch member 35 is depressed below it and then drawn upward, to guide the hook or catch 35 over the lug 4:0, as illustrated in Fig. 4, and therefore permit the section 31 to be opened away from section 14. It will be understood, therefore, that with this construction the catch 35 can be not only engaged witlnthe lug but also disengaged from the lug by manipulating the section 31. Heretofore, so far as I am aware, it has been necessary, in folding beds of the species shown, to separately manipulate the catches of an outer bed section resembling that designated 31.

The mechanism described canbe in all respects and preferably will be the same at each end of the sofa or davenport bed.

What I claim is r 1. Ina folding bed the combination, with folding bed sections, of a pivotedleg having a catch on one bed section, a lug for receiving said catch on another bed section toward which the first mentioned section folds, and a catch-releasingvmemher adapted to be engaged by the catch when moved beyond said lug, said catch-releasing member permitting the catch to pass over said lug when the catch is moved in the opposite di rection.

2. In a folding bed the combination with folding bed sections of a pivoted leg having a catch on one bed section, a plate 39 having a lug thereon for receiving said catch on another bed section toward which the first mentioned section folds, and a catch-releasing member adapted to be engaged by the catch when moved beyond said lug, said catch-releasing member permitting the catch to pass over said lug when the catch is moved in the opposite direction.

BENJAMIN FINoKnL, J G. HULSE.

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